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Slide 1Terms to Know Slide 2 IRONY Irony VerbalDramatic Irony of Situation Slide 3 1. Verbal irony: saying the opposite of what one means 2. Dramatic irony: possession by…

Slide 1The Romantics John Constable Sketch for Hadleigh Castle c.1828-9 Slide 2 Alexander Pope Essay on Criticism Slide 3 Age of revolutions"--including, of course,…

Slide 1To His Coy Mistress An Interactive Exercise Slide 2 Directions This isnt interactive in the usual sense; its a series of questions that call for you to respond before…

Slide 1FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE & LITERARY DEVICES Slide 2 PowerPoint Created By: Mr. Brooks Slide 3 THE WHAT DEFINE POETRY! Poetry (from the Greek "ποίησις",…

1.Poetic Devices2. The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words. Some famous examples of alliteration are tongue twisters such asPeter Piper picked…

1.Go Figure! Figurative Language2. Recognizing Figurative LanguageThe opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language that means more…

1. PoeticForms 2. Acrostic PoemAn acrostic poem takes a word and makes eachletter the first line of a poem. The words do not haveto rhyme.An acrostic poemCan be about anything,Really.Of…

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Slide 1 To His Coy Mistress Slide 2 Listen to the poem together In pairs:  Read the poem again.  EACH write down – ONE STATEMENT that you think is true about the…